Compiling 2.6.16 kernel for ppc

[Adam Done <emlists@gmail.com>]

I have been trying today to compile a vanilla 2.6.16 kernel direct from
kernel.org and every time I get the same errors at the very end.

    if [ -r System.map -a -x /sbin/depmod ]; then /sbin/depmod -ae -F
    System.map -b /usr/src/linux/ debian/tmp-image -r 2.6.16.ppc.pb1; fi
    WARNING:
    /usr/src/linux/debian/tmp-image/lib/modules/2.6.16.ppc.pb1/kernel/arch/ppc/platforms/c
    hrp_nvram.ko needs unknown symbol call_rtas
    make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.16'
    test ! -e debian/tmp-image/lib/modules/2.6.16.ppc.pb1/source
    ||                        \
       mv debian/tmp-image/lib/modules/2.6.16.ppc.pb1/source
    ./debian/source-link
    test ! -e debian/tmp-image/lib/modules/2.6.16.ppc.pb1/build
    ||                         \
       mv debian/tmp-image/lib/modules/2.6.16.ppc.pb1/build
    ./debian/build-link
    depmod -q -FSystem.map -b debian/tmp-image 2.6.16.ppc.pb1;
    test ! -e ./debian/source-link
    ||                                              \
       mv ./debian/source-link
    debian/tmp-image/lib/modules/2.6.16.ppc.pb1/source
    test ! -e  ./debian/build-link
    ||                                              \
       mv  ./debian/build-link
    debian/tmp-image/lib/modules/2.6.16.ppc.pb1/build
    cp vmlinux debian/tmp-image/boot/vmlinux-2.6.16.ppc.pb1
    chmod 644 debian/tmp-image/boot/vmlinux-2.6.16.ppc.pb1;
    cp arch/ppc/boot/images/vmlinux.coff  
    debian/tmp-image/boot/vmlinux.coff-2.6.16.ppc.pb1
    cp: cannot stat `arch/ppc/boot/images/vmlinux.coff': No such file or
    directory
    make[1]: *** [real_stamp_image] Error 1
    make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.16'
    make: *** [kernel-image-deb] Error 2



vmlinux.coff is not located anywhere in any directory

-adam